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https://read.qxmd.com/read/35044114/venous-thrombosis-risk-factors-in-pregnant-women
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Victoria Bitsadze, Jamilya Khizroeva, Makatsariya Alexander, Ismail Elalamy
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common cause of death on Earth after myocardial infarctions and strokes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Pregnancy is a unique condition of woman, when enormous changes occur in functioning of the most important systems of homeostasis in a relatively short time. These are physiological hypercoagulation, slowing of blood flow, increase in circulating blood volume, etc. However, while being physiological, these changes increase the risks of venous thromboembolism by almost 6 times...
June 27, 2022: Journal of Perinatal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26411233/a-case-of-idiopathic-intracranial-hypertension-associated-with-pcos
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Y J Lee, J E Jeong, J K Joo, K S Lee
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare neurologic disorder. It is also known as pseudotumor cerebri. The incidence of IIH is one to two per 100,000 population annually. The higher incidence is in obese women from 15 to 44 years. The main symptoms are headache and visual loss. It mostly affects women of childbearing age who are overweight or obese. There are many theories of pathogenesis of IIH, but precise pathogenesis is unknown. One of the causes of IIH is intracranial venous sinus thrombosis...
2015: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25701301/approach-to-the-patient-contraception-in-women-with-polycystic-ovary-syndrome
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Bulent O Yildiz
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive and metabolic disorder. Patients with PCOS present with clinical signs of androgen excess (ie, hirsutism and acne), menstrual irregularities, and infertility. Combined oral contraceptive (OC) pills are the first-line medical therapy for the long-term management of PCOS. Containing a combination of estrogen and progestin, OCs restore regular menses, improve androgen excess, and provide effective contraception and protection from endometrial cancer. The benefits of hormonal contraception outweigh the risks in the vast majority of women with PCOS...
March 2015: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
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